SMASH

WordPress build & photo editing · May 2007

I built a new website for the SMASH (Solihull Methodists Acting and Singing in Harmony) amateur dramatics group using the free WordPress platform, which provides an ideal blend of features for this community site:

  • Ease of updates using WordPress as a content management system
  • Members can subscribe to cast announcements using RSS feeds
  • Dynamic photo galleries of previous productions

View the live project at www.solihull-smash.org.uk.

Archive of previous SMASH shows

The site contains an archive of previous shows

The SMASH site contains photo galleries of all productions to date, reaching all the way back to their first production in 1988. All of the existing digital photo files were edited in Photoshop for levels, colour, contrast and sharpening.

Screenshot of Scrooge photo gallery

An example photo gallery from the SMASH production of Scrooge

Credits and plugs

The SMASH site uses the Almost Spring WordPress theme designed by Beccary and the photo galleries use Gavin Barker's Litebox plugin.

Featured work

August 2007Hillu Liebelt
Site design & WordPress build
Hillu Liebelt

July 2007PRWeekes
Template customisation & graphics
PRWeekes public relations

May 2007SMASH
WordPress build & photo editing SMASH

July 2006Elite Partners Ltd
Site design & XHTML/CSS
Elite Partners

September 2005Andrew Cookson Photography
Site design, photo editing & XHTML/CSS
Andrew Cookson Photography

April 2005James Lewis Art
Site design & XHTML/CSS
James Lewis Art

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